Members from the Permanent Council for the Defense of Life and Territory from the Kiché Mayan municipality of Santa Maria Chiquimula gather on the eve before the community consultation on extractive and energy industries. Since 2005, the consultation processes carried out in indigenous territories in Guatemalan are considered a preventive measure in the struggle to protect indigenous territories and their cultures from industrial projects. Santa Maria Chiquimula, Totonicapan, Guatemala. October 25, 2014.